State v. Pirouzkar

Defendant appeals from felony convictions for unlawfully obtaining public assistance. ORS 411.630. She assigns as error the trial court’s denial of her motions to dismiss for failure to prosecute timely and the denial of her motion for a mistrial because of statements made by the prosecutor during closing arguments. We affirm.

Defendant was indicted in August, 1982, for offenses alleged to have occurred in August and October, 1981. Arrest warrants were issued at that time. In October, 1982, the warrants were entered in local, regional and national law enforcement computer systems that are…